Hire a hooker, pay the price! That’s the ingenious idea from Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa: Go after pimps and prostitutes the same way the government went after Al Capone — through taxes! His proposal would make certain tax crimes a felony when the money comes from criminal activity. Pimps …
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WASHINGTON – The pressure is on Republican Tom Kean Jr., in Tuesday’s New Jersey primary. Not to just win, as is widely expected, but to win big. The Senate candidate and namesake son of the popular former governor figured he had a clear path to the nomination. But some conservatives …
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NEW YORK – As the fight over immigration reform drags on, an ominous undercurrent to the debate — racism — is becoming more pronounced. From muttered ethnic slurs to violent attacks, activists say an anti-immigrant backlash seems to be growing in America’s neighborhoods and workplaces. A few political leaders have …
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LONDON – Prince Charles’ private income rose 6 percent in the past year, published accounts showed Monday. Charles, the Prince of Wales, received 14.067 million pounds (euro20.45 million; US$25.6 million) from the Duchy of Cornwall in the 2005/2006 fiscal year, compared to 13.274 million pounds in the previous year. The …
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TOKYO – Long respected for piloting Japan back to economic health, Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui fended off calls to resign Thursday in a scandal threatening the central bank’s delicate task of managing a long-awaited interest rate hike amid Japan’s budding recovery. Fukui told reporters he planned to stay …
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Andrianne Calvo, chef and author of “Maximum Flavor,” whips up one of the Florida Marlins baseball team’s favorite recipes. And she should know! She was their chef during the 2003 season when they won the World Series! Maximum Flavor’s Famous Fish TacosServes 4 Ingredients:1 lb mahi mahi 1/2 bottle of …
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NEW YORK – Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” ranks as the most controversial film of all time, according to Entertainment Weekly. The magazine ranks the 25 films that have most shocked, disgusted and divided moviegoers, in its June 16 issue, on newsstands Monday. EW writes that Gibson’s grisly …
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OAKLAND, Calif. – Former Rep. Ron Dellums appeared to win the Oakland mayor’s race outright late Friday, after the final ballot count showed he got the simple majority of votes needed to avoid a November runoff. Officials, however, have until July 4 to certify the election results. Dellums was the …
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DETROIT – A rival of White Stripes singer and guitarist Jack White says he found an obscenity-filled warning note stuck to his door, but White denies he put it there. The statements came in testimony Tuesday in the trial of a federal lawsuit brought by a producer who worked on …
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – A Utah organization is offering a safe haven to Lewis the cat, a Fairfield feline whose alleged vicious attacks on neighbors have landed his owner in court. Superior Court Judge Patrick Carroll is expected to decide Lewis’ fate Tuesday when he considers an application for accelerated rehabilitation …
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